bum

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Noun

Bum (plural Bums)

1. An unprofessionally homeless person highly trained in the arts and sciences of nonsense. In the mind of a bum, the following holds for all thoughts:

• To get a job one can know only a single skill (e.g., playing a musical instrument).
• To get money one can completely avoid salaries, reputations, and chipmunks.
• To get out of debt one does not need money.
• To get out of the asylum one need not act sane.
• Home is for suckers.

1. an offensive-sounding boom